Holder for household articles.



A. L. HULSTEDT. HOLDER FOR HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES. APPLlCATlQN FILED NOV- 1. 1914.

H l 1 Patented M11220, 1915.

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Application filed November To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBIN L. HULSTEDT, a residing at Bishop Hill, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Holders for Household Articles, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved holder for domestic or household articles and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character for holding or supporting a plurality of articles, said device being constructed. from a single length of resilient wire.

The invention has for a further object to provide a device of the above character which may beretailed at small cost and is of such construction that one of the articles supported thereby will tend to hold the other article against casual movement and prevent displacement of the same from the holder.

With the above and other objects in view as will become more fully apparent as the description proceeds, in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved-article holder showing a broom and a mop supported or held thereby; Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates the resilient or spring wire from which the entire device is formed. This wire, is of the requisite size and has suflicient tensile strength to securely clamp and hold'such household articles as brooms, mops, brushes and the like. Upon opposite sides of the center of said wire, loops 6 are formed therein, and from'the loops, the wire is extended at right anglesto its central portion and formed into oppositely bowed clamping arms 7. At the outer ends of said arms,the wire is bent outwardly to provide diverging portions and then bent or returned upon itself as shown at 8. The wire is extended inwardly to produce a second pair of bowed clamping arms 9 at the inner ends of which additional loops or eyes 10 are formed in. the wire. From these lower eyes 10, the wire'is laterally extended in opposite directions" as at 11 and at points spaced from the bowed clamping arms, is angula ly bent and Specification of Letters Patent.

the invention consists Patented Apr. 2 11, I915.

7,1914. Serial No. 870,874.

extended downwardly as shown these latter portions of the wire, the same is extended outwardly and upwardly, and reversely bent to form supporting hooks 13, the extremities of the wire being formed into eyes 14:. The loopsb, the eyes 10, and the eyes 14 are adapted to receive screws or analogous fastening elements indicated at 15 whereby the device may be securely fastened to a wall or other suitable base.

It is to be particularly observed, from reference to Fig. 2 that the outwardly and upwardly projecting hooks'13 formed on the opposite end portions of the wire terminate at a point inwardly of the outer flaring or diverging looped portions 8 of the wire which connect the upper and lower pairs of clamping arms 7 and 9.

In the use of the invention, after the device has been secured to the wall, the brush or mop M is arranged in a horizontal position upon the spaced supporting hooks 14,

broom indicated at B is then forced inwardly between the diverging loops 8, and the clamping arms 7 and 9am sprung apart. When the broom handle. is forced inwardly between the spaced arms, said clamping arms owing to the inherent resiliency of the wire will exert a clamping pressure against opposite sides of the broom handle and thus support the broom in a vertical position. It is to be noted that the handle of the mop is disposed between the broom handle and the wall upon which the The handle of the at 12. From device is secured, and the clamping arms serve to hold the two handles in contact with each other. Thus casual shifting movement of the mop handle in the supporting hooks 13 is obviated and liability of the accidental or unintentional displacement of the mop from the holderis reduced to a minimum.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of use and several advantages of the device may be clearly and fully understood. As my improved holder is constructed from a single length of wire, it will be appreciated that the same can be produced at very small manufacturing cost. The article holder is also highly serviceable and convenient in practical use. It is of course obvious that if'desired, the holder may be secured upon an individual base board to be secured upon a wall or other permanent part. The device is also susceptible' of minor variations in the several structural features; and I therefore reserve the privilege of resorting to such legitimate changes as may be'fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention what I desire to claim and secure by, Letters Patent is I A holder of the character described formed from a single length of wire bent upon itself at its ends to form vertically disposed supporting hooks therein designed to receive andsupport a horizontally disposed article, the intermediate portion of said wire being bent to form upper and lower pairs of'laterally yieldable clamping arms, said clamping arms being disposed out of the plane of said books and designed to receive and clampingly hold .a second vertically disposed article in contact withthe first article, and means for securing the wire holder upon a suitable support.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBIN L. HULSTEDT. Witnesses:

CLYDE B. TAYLOR, JAMES POLLOCK. 

